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Gary Numan

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This is mostly abandoned land, untouched for at least 15 years, I think.

A neighbor said he thinks it's a boxwood, but I'm thinking not, mainly because boxwoods top out at 4 feet tall, and there's one of these nearby that looks > 12 feet.

Close-up of the leaves included here too.

One more thing: I'm also thinking this bush is native to my area (Southeast US), as a tree guy looked at the aforementioned 12'+ bush/tree, and estimated its age at > 100 years.

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Gary Numan

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Hmmm, may be a box, after all. Wiki says, referring to shrubs called Buxus, 'They are slow-growing evergreen shrubs and small trees, growing to 2–12 m (rarely 15 m) tall.'

Oh.

Kinda looks like a Henry Box, from China, but what's the likelihood of that, if the 100+ year bush is indeed 100+ years old?

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Possibly a wax leaf privet .

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Common Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens)

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